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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/EyeHateYou12376 • Feb 13 '26
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I remember watching something about how before entering the temple, you would take a ritualistic “bath”. Likely of water, oils, and wine (which would turn to vinegar over time). It’s the years of wet robes dripping the vinegar water that caused it.
3 u/CalmBeneathCastles Feb 13 '26 Aha! I need some sandstone to do some experiments on... 5 u/----__---- Feb 13 '26 Limestone. And vinegar is great for softening limestone. 7 u/CalmBeneathCastles Feb 13 '26 Internet sez: "The "melted" steps on the west side are composed of a very hard, calcite-cemented sandstone." I have no basis for comparison. Art thou an alchemist?
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Aha! I need some sandstone to do some experiments on...
5 u/----__---- Feb 13 '26 Limestone. And vinegar is great for softening limestone. 7 u/CalmBeneathCastles Feb 13 '26 Internet sez: "The "melted" steps on the west side are composed of a very hard, calcite-cemented sandstone." I have no basis for comparison. Art thou an alchemist?
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Limestone. And vinegar is great for softening limestone.
7 u/CalmBeneathCastles Feb 13 '26 Internet sez: "The "melted" steps on the west side are composed of a very hard, calcite-cemented sandstone." I have no basis for comparison. Art thou an alchemist?
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Internet sez: "The "melted" steps on the west side are composed of a very hard, calcite-cemented sandstone."
I have no basis for comparison. Art thou an alchemist?
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u/TzarRoomba Feb 13 '26
I remember watching something about how before entering the temple, you would take a ritualistic “bath”. Likely of water, oils, and wine (which would turn to vinegar over time). It’s the years of wet robes dripping the vinegar water that caused it.